This has been a pajama day. I wasn’t planning on going anywhere and no one was coming over so why get dressed up? The temperature sure did drop today. We have had snow spit most of the day. Not sure when the real snow will get here.
I had my virtual visit with my Endocrinologist PA at 11:00. I got a text at 10:00 inviting me to join the call. I was surprised they wanted me that early but I signed on. Got another text at 10:15 inviting me to join the call. Figured out they weren’t serious yet.
The nurse called around 11:00 and did the nurse thing. She must be new as she had no idea how to pronounce most of my medications and didn’t know what they were for. It took us a bit to get through them all as sometimes the names in the computer is different than what is on the bottle of pills.
The PA finally was ready about 11:15. She told me there had been a big conference of thyroid physicians and they had a big discussion about how long a patient needs to continue getting sonograms of their throat after having had thyroid cancer. The conclusion of this group was forever. I had surpassed the five year mark which I had been told way back when was the cutoff.
The other thing she told me is that it may take up to three months to regain my energy back following the surgery I had. I guess without a thyroid recovery is longer and slower. I asked her if she had any other good news! Yikes! Maybe I will be an exception.
She told me to do labs in another couple of weeks. Surgery can throw off my levels and there is no use checking them now as they may be misleading. Grateful I didn’t drive to Emporia Thursday and have them done.
I didn’t sleep at all last night. I play Russian Roulette taking Benadryl. Sometimes it knocks me out and other times it wires me. The night before it knocked me out and last night it wired me and didn’t do anything to stop the itching. Don’t think I will play that game tonight. The itching is driving me a little crazy though.
I was sitting in my chair and I lifted up my pajama top to see if I had created more bruising from scratching my itch. I looked down and one of the incision sites looked like my nipple My first thought was man did they drop! I showed Kathy and we both got a good laugh.
This has been a bit of a restless day for me. I’m sure most of that was from not sleeping last night. It has been a long day! I did take a two-hour nap after my phone call with the PA. That helped knock the rough edge off but I still feel exhausted.
Absolutely no plans for the weekend. It will be interesting to see if we get the predicted 10 inches of snow. I heard the grocery stores in Emporia were getting wiped out of all the basic stuff.
We brought the cat and two dogs in. The dogs aren’t too happy being inside a warm house. They are built for cold weather. They haven’t figured out the chain thing yet. Kathy has let them back out into their pen for short bits all day. We shall see what happens tonight and tomorrow.
The house has a draft and it feels like there is an open window somewhere and the cold is blowing in. We checked all the windows and didn’t find anything. I put a heater in my bathroom and will leave water dripping overnight and the cabinet under the sink doors open. Last winter our pipes froze as I didn’t do any of those things. The new addition is the warmest part of the house. Phil built it nice and tight and he put lots of insulation up.
Attempting to settle in for the next several days. I don’t like to drive on icy roads. Good thing I don’t have to get out until my doctor’s appointment Wednesday. I find it harder to stay home when I have no choice about it though. I keep reminding myself I love stay-at-home days with lots of empty space in them.
Hoping tomorrow I can do my AARP tax problems. I read through a couple of them and they didn’t make sense to me as I still had a lot of brain fog. I’ll try again tomorrow.
My world feels pretty small right now. The storm is going to give me another couple days at home. Trusting this will help me heal quicker and when I am able to get out it will go smoothly.
Grateful for virtual doctor’s appointments, grateful to be able to laugh at myself, and grateful for a warm house to shelter in.